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Eric the Unready – The Acceptably Decent Underground Empire
Written by TBDEric the Unready Fondor Bindlecrank Journal Entry #2: I'm well on the way to rescuing the princess. My magic banana worked, I think. It took me to the location of one of the items that...
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Asylum II: Stubborn like a mule
Written by Will MoczarskiLast time I thought I’d made a pretty good run through Asylum II – the game seemed as tedious but a lot easier than part one, that is until I was confronted by one of the...
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Eric the Unready – Secret of the Snooze
Written by TBD Eric the Unready Journal Entry #3: My nightmares are filled with turtles – small turtles, tall turtles, elderly turtles, teenage turtles, ninja turtles. Hopefully Lorealle can stay safe...
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Eric the Unready – Fair and Fowl – Request for Assistance
Written by TBD Eric the Unready Journal Entry #4: I found myself in a fair near a fire-breathing dragon. And the dragon's protecting the Steak of Eternity. Seems simple enough - just need to cover...
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Infocom Marathon: Leather Goddesses of Phobos (1986) - Part One
Written by Joe PranevichSex sells, but few things market a product better than controversy. Throughout much of the 20th century, it was an adage that a book or a play “Banned in Boston” was guaranteed...
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Infocom Marathon: Leather Goddesses of Phobos - Part Two
Written by Joe PranevichMy six-year old has recently become very interested in space. In the way that six-year olds can pick odd topics to be obsessed with (er… that apple didn’t fall far from the...
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Genre Hopping: Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992)
Written by Andy PanthroWe talk often about what makes something an "Adventure Game", much like any genre this one was very loosely codified but I'm sure most of us would know one when they see one....
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Missed Classic 86: Moonmist (1986) - Introduction
Written by Joe PranevichAs we close on Infocom’s final release of 1986, we turn the page on a new era. As best as I have been able to determine, Moonmist is the final game that was deep under...
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Missed Classic: Moonmist - Getting a Clue (Won! Once!)
Written by Joe PranevichWelcome back to Moonmist, the Nancy Drew mystery with a bit less Nancy Drew and a bit more Clue. The more I think about it, the more likely it seems that Galley and Lawrence...
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Game 124: Ecoquest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest (1993) - Introduction
Written by ReikoAlmost four years ago, I covered the original Ecoquest here on the blog, and now we've arrived at the sequel: Lost Secret of the Rainforest. Instead of diving deep below the sea, this...
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Game 121: Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (1993): Introduction
by AlexHello there, dear The Adventure Gamer family. I am back after a long absence to review another game, and another Al Lowe game, but this time it’s not an entry in the Leisure Suit Larry series....
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Missed Classic: Moonmist - Representation Blues
Written by Joe Pranevich I intended to wrap up Moonmist this week by closing out on the three remaining cases then moving quickly to the final rating. I did not make it. When playing and reviewing, I...
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Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist: Welcome to Coarsegold!
By AlexIn any good Western, the setting is more than just a place where stuff happens—it becomes a character in and of itself. Whether it’s the sun-blasted landscapes of a Spaghetti Western, a shining...
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Eric the Unready – Like A Virgin
Written by TBD Eric the Unready Journal Entry #5: I've finally defeated the Stygian Dragon, and all it needed was the right clothes. And now I'm hanging out with various Gods at their Mountain - and...
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Missed Classic: Moonmist - Second Verse, Same as the First (with Final Rating)
Written by Joe PranevichMoonmist is an oddity. Instead of telling a single story from beginning to end, we have seen two very different mysteries play out with the same cast of characters and setting....
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Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist: A Pharmacist’s Work Is Never Done
By AlexAre video games art?Surely you’ve heard the debate. At some point during the past two decades, video gaming has moved, or attempted to move, into the realm of serious, life-changing, capital-A...
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Missed Classic: Moonmist - Unfinished Business
Written by Joe PranevichMoonmist is an almost-unique experiment in the Infocom canon, a “replayable” game that featured four different mysteries to solve in one convenient package. As we have seen, the...
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Missed Classic 87: Hollywood Hijinx (1987) - Introduction
Written by Joe PranevichAt the dawn of 1987, Infocom wasn’t the company that it once was. A scrappy gaggle of cutting-edge game developers had grown too large, made some bad choices, and was struggling...
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Lost Secret of the Rainforest - Abducted!
Written by ReikoAdam’s Journal #1: "We’re finally here in Peru! I’m so excited to be able to help my dad with his project of setting up sustainable industries for the native peoples here. I wonder what...
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Missed Classic: Hollywood Hijinx - Atomic Chihuahuas from Hell
Written by Joe PranevichLike this, but atomic and from Hell. Hollywood Hijinx has been a fairly breezy game so far, neither too challenging nor too serious. When we left off last week, I explored the...
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